tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post7677767871888731872..comments2024-02-05T11:32:25.407-05:00Comments on I'm just F.I.N.E.-- Recovery in Al-Anon: The God of my UnderstandingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-49644716350131023522010-09-07T11:14:46.438-04:002010-09-07T11:14:46.438-04:00I love this:
My first thought was that perhaps gra...I love this:<br />My first thought was that perhaps gravity is his Higher Power.<br /> <br />I, too, feel a higher presence mostly near bodies of water, particularly the ocean. The mountains seem to work pretty well, also.Sarcastic Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17116577711704241625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-64157798374973391942010-09-06T09:54:36.631-04:002010-09-06T09:54:36.631-04:00Step Two is why AA works for me. I wouldn't d...Step Two is why AA works for me. I wouldn't do well if I was forced to believe in someone else's conception of HP.<br /><br />As an alcoholic I tend to be very resistant when given orders and absolutes. AA gives me the room to be myself and develop my own understandings.Scott M. Freyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11588618061480681504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-67240904786163151412010-09-04T17:35:12.769-04:002010-09-04T17:35:12.769-04:00Thank you, Syd: It truly is "The God of MY un...Thank you, Syd: It truly is "The God of MY understanding."Charliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722567671925063706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-86092846242053869732010-09-04T09:50:09.585-04:002010-09-04T09:50:09.585-04:00I've always said that I feel closer to God whe...I've always said that I feel closer to God when I'm sitting by the ocean. When I was pregnant with my daughter, back in 1983, I was living in Kill Devil Hills, NC, on the Outer Banks. I spent a lot of time considering the ocean and meditating with it. I worked right across the street from it and could look at it anytime I liked. <br /><br />Why I feel closer to God at the ocean escapes me and is, in the end, unimportant. THAT I feel close to my HP is the most important thing. Maybe a trip to the beach is in order.<br /><br />Peace - DRiverPoethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01846730934649303857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-37591700765981043022010-09-04T07:44:54.858-04:002010-09-04T07:44:54.858-04:00:) I love the photos within the post, the descript...:) I love the photos within the post, the description surrounding them brings a picture of serenity.<br /><br />Love that I can feel the spirit working in all worlds now and that those religious people, even all who seem to follow the religious ideas challenge me to see so much more God than I ever saw before. It's like I hang out with all now and see how blessed we are and how many miracles happen daily and I find that God is revealed through all things. He is everything to me. <br /><br />:)Jess Mistress of Mischiefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14766848582303523764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-62943512296095515752010-09-04T07:25:58.817-04:002010-09-04T07:25:58.817-04:00Poor Mr. Hawking.
Have a good weekend Mr. Syd!Poor Mr. Hawking. <br /><br />Have a good weekend Mr. Syd!Mary Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08156474205414127488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-24253020908209888712010-09-04T04:24:06.317-04:002010-09-04T04:24:06.317-04:00It would be wonderful if the world at large was so...It would be wonderful if the world at large was so accepting of the concept of one's Higher Power as that of AA and Al-Anon.<br /><br />I embraced Pantheism as my religious philosophy. Once I realised that my Higher Power was all around me in the Earth and the Universe, I found a faith that I could come to terms with.Lesleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05908084484202064053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-18989630090620930032010-09-03T21:45:54.292-04:002010-09-03T21:45:54.292-04:00Syd- yes.Syd- yes.Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-68954916061267173312010-09-03T20:49:47.407-04:002010-09-03T20:49:47.407-04:00nice one syd...in our ignorance we can create a go...nice one syd...in our ignorance we can create a god of many things...and once our eyes are opened....we realise how those other things shift like the sand...Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-5914689016754288812010-09-03T20:30:52.266-04:002010-09-03T20:30:52.266-04:00My HP was also whoever I was in love with at the t...My HP was also whoever I was in love with at the time....Oh I spent countless hours obsessing over them hoping they would love me. It was sad really expecting them to fill me up and make it OK. This is hostage taking and not allowing the relationship to move and grow. I lived in alot of fear. The program has given me a new lease on dealing with my life.Di-Githttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10770400058372063740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-77805761877990516182010-09-03T19:36:07.751-04:002010-09-03T19:36:07.751-04:00i love this post, i read mr. hawkings article as w...i love this post, i read mr. hawkings article as well, and the backlash he received. i wonder when did religion become a corporation?<br />remember when oprah said bad things about beef?<br /><br />like marcia, it bothered me for the very same reason. as it stands i have never been a religious person, but today i am spiritual, and i don't need all the answers.<br /><br />your title with the dolphins jumping was perfect, that is a higher power.<br /><br />i think stephen hawking is an amazing soul and spirit and i respect him as a person. sometimes things are just scary, they are not any reason to condemn. now watch glenn beck start riding on this one with his tea party psychos!!! they will burn that man at the stake for what he said, and in the media!!<br /><br />i think it is good to have an open mind today.clean and crazyhttp://surrendertowin.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-86906613419043152852010-09-03T18:32:28.425-04:002010-09-03T18:32:28.425-04:00The fact that I can choose my own concept of a HP ...The fact that I can choose my own concept of a HP has made it possible for me to stay in AA.<br /><br />A good friend of mine is in AA and has a wife who also is a member but can't stop slipping. He asked me about Alanon and I have given him your blog site because all of the Alanon mtgs here are just women. I know he will gain so much just by "tuning in" to you, Syd, as a male member of Alanon.Ginniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12749133391349265563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-85189173745858532252010-09-03T18:23:31.988-04:002010-09-03T18:23:31.988-04:00I read that too about what Stephen Hawking said, a...I read that too about what Stephen Hawking said, and it kind of bothered me. I think it bothered me because my belief in my hp seems fragile sometimes. But in the end, my hp set me straight....<br /><br />beautiful post, Syd.Marciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09072868519236902423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-43742440466171104542010-09-03T14:57:38.926-04:002010-09-03T14:57:38.926-04:00This post brings me a lot of peace. The pictures a...This post brings me a lot of peace. The pictures are perfect and I love them.<br /><br />Peace,<br />PGOne Prayer Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17455437909918314217noreply@blogger.com